Within hours of learning about the terrorist alert last week, New York's political establishment had renewed its demand that Washington reform its ways and recognize that the city needs a larger piece of the homeland security pie.

Whether the establishment will ultimately recognise the dimensions and nature of the problem which they are dealing with is a moot point.

In 1990 the German political establishment recognised the "facts on the ground" and accepted clauses in the Treaty on the Final Settlement, whereby Germany renounced all claims to territory east of the Oder-Neisse line.

The military establishment- or establishments- must have recognized that the only way for them to remain in power was for there to be war.

The establishment of the global soil partnership in 2011, has recognised the need for an interdisciplinary approach to soil governance, though its mandate remains to increase food production.

Having often expressed his annoyance that the city's political establishment and particularly its news media have not fully recognized his achievements, he repeatedly evoked the Yankees as a "come from behind" team, one that exceeded expectations.

Grudgingly, the Indian cultural establishment is recognizing rock and pop music played by Indians as part of the country's cultural diversity.

The establishment of the Commission recognized that the population of the United States is mostly immigrants and their descendents.

The establishment of a deadline gives the defendant legitimate peace of mind, and recognizes that after a certain period of time, it is unfair to require the defendant to piece together his defense to an old claim.

There was perhaps a note of contrition that the literary establishment had not recognized Gaddis's earlier book as a literary work of the first importance.